Thursday, May 19, 2016

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Saturday, April 2, 2016

The increasing cost of providing special education services to nearly 1,000 of its 6,500-member student body has been ascribed as a reason for Moorpark Unified School District’s recently publicized financial difficulties. So what are the reasons for the rising cost and why didn’t MUSD financial staff see them coming? Across the state, more and more students are being referred for special...

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Trenton's special-needs kids were impacted twice last week, with the news that budget cuts and scheduling conflicts will have an unwelcome impact on two venues that play an important role in their lives. The Stokes Early Learning Center, a preschool serving regular and special-education students in the school district, will close its doors. Call it collateral damage from a $5.9 million shortfall...

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

California education officials have made significant changes to the way hundreds of thousands of special education students take the state's standardized tests. But the modifications have some teachers and parents worried about whether they'll help students.  “We found some areas that we wanted to improve,” said Keric Ashley, Deputy Superintendent at the California Department of Education. The...

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Watertown Public Schools need to decrease turnover in it’s Special Education leadership, decrease out of district expenditures, and foster better communication between the superintendent and town manager, according third party review released earlier this week. RSM consulting presented its third party review of the general and special education budgets to the Town Council and School Committee...

Friday, March 25, 2016

A Moore elementary teacher is under investigation for an incident involving an elementary school student, and the 6-year-old's parents said they're scared to take their son back to school. Since it is an open investigation, the district has not released much, but the student's parents said the teacher hit their child and needs to be permanently removed from the classroom. Nathan...